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more about #valleywag more comments → Shadowlayer: Seems pincus here has sent a whole bunch of "friends" to spam the place... more » Alaska Miller: It's like telling a city bus to stop only at Burger King instead of McDonald's and expecting everyone to pay extra for free ice cream. more » Monty: What is more interesting than search engines paying for content is that this could ultimately save the news media business. Ignoring the concern to J... more » Magister: What happens when you look for a foreign or local story? I assume the Fox O&Os will be part of the equation, as will their Australian and UK paper... more » sweetpickles: Yes. You'll find the same news at other sites by searching through Google. This isn't only about Murdoch walling off his sites, though. This is about ... more » Hello Mister Walrus: I think this is really audience-specific. I work for a bank, so if I had to choose between Google + no WSJ and some other search engine that is 97% as... more » Gabriel Snyder: And notice in that first search that while News Corp. is saying it can live without Google, it's also buying up ad keywords like "lieberman public opt... more » manchops: but have you tried googling: "Andrea Peyser + sex goddess?" I mean, hello? more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Perfect. And if they take even one step in the direction of "You can't quote our stories" they will drive themselves so far into irrelevancy ... more » SanFranLefty: Publisher of our local fish wrap/Sharon Stone's ex piles on Mayor McDreamy and his demands to dictate all press interviews: [www.sfgate.com] more » Aatom: "if people want to enjoy a fundamental baseline of serious news media in this country, they will have to pay for it, somehow." I agree with this, but... more » drunkexpatwriter: But.... unless I'm missing something, while the original links won't turn up on Google, any story of any real interest will be linked to by a host of ... more » marcsiry: This marks the day that "branding" was officially rebranded as "wanking." more » Shadowlayer: First one to send me a book with his/her tweet farts gets a bullet between the eyes... Kidding, you'll get a golf ball (NRA took my gun, said I was "... more » Shadowlayer: BTW, Chow if you're reading this, your book is on teh torrentz now more » -
#socialnetworks
Pretty Boy MySpace CEO Has Dumb Surrender Plan
MySpace now says it is no longer competing with Facebook, the rival social network with far more users. No, now MySpace will focus on the niche of music and digital entertainment. And compete with Apple and Google. More » -
#hires
Should MySpace Hire the Hero or the Zero?
Former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta is the frontrunner to replace Chris DeWolfe as MySpace CEO. Blog lordling Jason Calacanis has been jokingly nominated for the News Corp. gig. Here's who should get it. More » -
#exits
Friendship with Boss's Wife Can't Save MySpace CEO
Sucking up to the CEO's wife is usually a wise move. But did it doom MySpace chief Chris DeWolfe? More » -
#hires
AOL Outcast Jon Miller to Join News Corp.'s Soap Opera in Progress
Rupert Murdoch's media empire continues its turmoil after the announcement of COO Peter Chernin's departure. The newest player: Former AOL CEO Jon Miller, who's widely expected to take the top digital job there. More » -
#rumormonger
Is Chris DeWolfe on His Way Out at MySpace?
Bad days for MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe: A tell-all book about the lowbrow social network's shady origins is hitting the shelves as a Wall Street analyst predicts layoffs. How long will he last? More » -
#leaks
MySpace Memo: Three Top Execs Leaving
Amit Kapur, the 27-year-old No. 2 executive at MySpace, is leaving, according to a memo from MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe. It looks like he's planning a startup: He's taking two executives with him. More » -
#myspace
Wendi Deng Murdoch's MySpace Problem
A tipster tells us Wendi Deng dropped by MySpace headquarters with a friend on Friday. What is Mrs. Rupert Murdoch up to at the News Corp.-owned social network? More » -
#parties
Why Skipping Davos Is This Year's True Status Symbol
How a conference dies: The savvy crowd stays away, while eager second-raters fill their seats. Google cofounder Sergey Brin is skipping Davos. Meanwhile, MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe fought with a colleague to go amid layoffs. More » -
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#dailyfill
MySpace launches another doomed gossip site
The celebrity-industrial complex will expand, must expand, can't help but expand until every site on the Web features gossipy famous-people headlines. The latest entrant: DailyFill, MySpace's slapdash copycat celebrity-news site.
